by Bill Scher | Jan 21, 2008 | Blog
The Sunday shows score their first question for the Watchdog in 2008! Fox News Sunday's Chris Wallace did ask Mitt Romney about the federal lobbyists on his campaign team, despite his claim that he doesn't have any lobbyists running his campaign. Romney's response?...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 20, 2008 | Blog
Wading into the storm kicked up by Sen. Hillary Clinton's comment that "it took a president" to turn Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream of racial equality into a reality, Bill Moyers nails it on his January 18 commentary for his PBS show, "Bill Moyers' Journal": Many,...
by Bill Scher | Jan 18, 2008 | Blog
Every Friday in our Weekend Watchdog feature, we post suggested questions for scheduled Sunday guests. You can add your own questions in the comment thread. We'll also include contact information for the shows, so we can let them know what their viewers want asked....
by Terrance Heath | Jan 18, 2008 | Blog
It's been a long time since I blogged about Katrina or its aftermath. But I was reminded of it by the steady stream of Katrina-related headlines I've been reading lately. You know, the drumbeat of actual news that barely breaks through the din surrounding stories of...
by Bill Scher | Jan 17, 2008 | Blog
Today's edition of Environment & Energy Daily (sub. req'd) reports on a conference featuring the chief lobbyists for the fossil fuel industries. And they're in panic mode. While David Parker, president and CEO of the American Gas Association, noted "general...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 16, 2008 | Blog
Democratic leaders in the House are currently sketching out the details of an economic stimulus package designed to soften the blow later this year of the now-apparent recession. But Robert Kuttner, founding co-editor of The American Prospect and the author of “The...
